| The Specification: z!™ Fulfillment |
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Performance, Functionality, Configuration & System Requirements
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PERFORMANCE
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z!™ Fulfillment leads the industry in performance and functionality.
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FEATURES
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ADVANTAGES
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BENEFITS
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Size |
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Manage any size e-business |
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Increased sales |
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5+ million products* |
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Increased market penetration |
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Transaction Throughput |
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Keep pace with exponentially increasing transaction throughput |
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Increased sales within a given time period |
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Rapid order fulfillment |
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Increased customer satisfaction & loyalty |
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20,000+ quotes per second |
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2,000+ order per second |
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Transaction Round Trip Time |
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Rapid response to customer requests |
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Increased sales through customer acquisition & retention |
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Less than 100 ms average response time per quote |
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Warm Start Time |
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Rapid recovery time |
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Zero sales lost due to operational interruptions |
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5 minutes |
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Bring capacity online quickly |
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Redundancy |
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Continuous availability |
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Zero sales lost due to operational interruptions |
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| * Assumes 30 time buckets, 10 locations and 1 customer class.
Up to 50 million products. |
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Functionality
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FEATURES
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ADVANTAGES
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BENEFITS
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Supply Chain Optimization |
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Accurate order fulfillment |
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Increased sales |
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ATP & CTP* |
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Reduced supply chain costs |
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Increased profitability |
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Various Distribution & Manufacturing* constraints |
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Recoverability |
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Continuous availability |
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Zero sales lost due to operational constraints |
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Zero lost transactions |
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Increased customer satisfaction |
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Transactions guaranteed through single or multiple* node failures |
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Real Time Monitoring |
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Visibility into potential performance problems |
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Zero sales lost due to operational interruptions |
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System performance information |
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Systems Alerts* |
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Proactive problem resolution |
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Zero sales lost due to operational interruptions |
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Automated notification of system performance outside of allowable range |
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Reduced resource requirements |
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Increase customer satisfaction |
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Business Simulation and Analysis |
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Accurate planning and budgeting |
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Zero sales lost due to operational interruptions |
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Proactive system upgrades |
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Increased customer satisfaction |
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Peak load planning |
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System planning for anticipated growth |
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Dynamic Load Balancing* |
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Guaranteed fast response times |
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Increased customer satisfaction & loyalty |
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Optimizing round trip time and throughput on the fly |
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Distributed Architecture
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Effortlessly manage average and peak growth in volumes and products |
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Zero sales lost due to operational interruptions |
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Size |
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Rapidly implement additional capacity with uninterrupted operations |
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Increased sales through greater capacity |
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Throughput |
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Supply Chain |
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| * Available in future releases. |
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z!™ Fulfillment Configurations
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z!™ Fulfillment is currently offered in three configurations for the distribution intensive e-business - Entry, Advanced and Premium. These configurations are designed to accommodate the
varying needs of our distribution intensive customers. Manufacturing intensive companies are addressed in future releases.
Working collectively with your team, we will determine which configuration delivers the greatest value to your business. We will then fine-tune the configuration to reflect the uniqueness of your e-business. 1
z!™ Fulfillment is configured along two primary dimensions - Performance and Function. For more information regarding z!™ Fulfillment configurations, please
contact ICONOCI@ICONOCI.com
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ENTRY
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ADVANCED
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PREMIUM
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Performance
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Size - Number of Products2 |
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Up to 1,000,000 |
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2,000,000 to 5,000,000 |
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5,000,000 and above |
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Transaction Throughput - Quotes per Second |
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Up to 5,000 |
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5,000 to 20,000 |
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20,000 and above |
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Transaction Throughput - Orders per Second |
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Up to 500 |
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500 to 2,000 |
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2,000 and above |
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Transaction Round Trip Time per Quote |
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Less than 100 ms |
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Less than 100 ms |
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Less than 100 ms |
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Warm Start Time (with Max Products) |
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5 Minutes |
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5 Minutes |
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5 Minutes |
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Redundancy |
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Functionality
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Available to Promise - End Products |
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Available to Promise - Finished Goods |
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Capable to Promise - End Products3 |
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Capable to Promise - Finished Goods3 |
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Distributions Constraints |
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Single Component Failure Recoverability |
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Multiple Component Failure Recoverability3 |
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Real Time Monitoring |
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Systems Alerts3 |
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Business Simulation and Analysis |
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Dynamic Load Balancing3 |
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Distributed Architecture |
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1. Each configuration includes the installation, integration, and customization typically necessary to implement z! Fulfillment in your business.
They also address critical training, maintenance and support. Additional services may be necessary to suit your unique business requirements.
2. Assumes 30 time buckets, 10 locations and 1 customer class. Up to 50 million products.
3. Available in future releases. |
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z!™ Fulfillment System Requirements
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z!™ Fulfillment requires a dedicated network segment with machines that have sufficient memory capacity to handle a given customer fulfillment
problem.
The minimum system requirements per machine are:
- Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000
- Dual Pentium 450 MHz Processors
- 512 MB RAM
- 100 Mbps Ethernet Network and Adapter
For a typical online retail environment
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Supply Chain Requirements |
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| Products |
2,000,000 |
| Planning Horizon |
30 Time Buckets |
| Locations (warehouse, DCs, suppliers, etc.) |
10 |
| Customer Classes (premium, regular, etc.) |
1 |
| Supply Density |
30% |
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Performance Requirements |
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| Redundancy |
1 |
| Quotes throughput |
20,000+ per second |
| Orders throughput |
2,000+ per second |
| Quote round trip times |
less than 100 milliseconds |
| Warm startup time |
5 minutes |
| Cold startup time |
10 minutes |
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Recommended z!™ Fulfillment System |
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| z!™ Coordinators |
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| z!™ Masters |
4 |
| z!™ Replicas |
4 |
| Estimated total number of machines* |
10 |
| Estimated total hardware cost |
less than $50,000 |
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* These machines have the minimum configuration specified above. Use of more than 512 MB RAM per machine will reduce the total number of machines, including
masters and replicas.
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